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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie do to spoil the evening when he tells Alice that he likes her?

2. What does Charlie do when Nemur asks him to speak to the audience at the conference for the International Psychological Association?

3. Where does Charlie spend most of his time once he reaches the peak of his intellectual abilities?

4. Where did Norma think his brother was before she was contacted about the surgery?

5. Where will Charlie be sent if the procedure does cause him to regress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alice really upset about when she sees Charlie at the college where she teaches retarded adults?

2. What does Professor Nemur say at the conference in Chicago that upsets Charlie?

3. What does Charlie say about the failure of this experiment done on him?

4. What does one of Charlie's old classmates at Beekman say to Charlie when he tries to talk to her?

5. Why is Alice so hesitant to be in a relationship with Charlie even though she cares for him?

6. What is Professor Nemur most upset about when Charlie returns to the lab after living in his own apartment?

7. What happens in his apartment that shows Charlie that Algernon needs to be taken back to the lab?

8. Why is Charlie so understanding about the hostile attitude that his friends at the bakery have towards him as his intelligence is raised?

9. What causes Charlie to get upset with Burt during one of their sessions together?

10. What happens to Charlie the night after he dances with Ellen at the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Competition and fair-play is a major theme that is found in many different scenes of this book. What are some of those scenes, and what affect do they have on the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Professor Nemur is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Nemur had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Daniel Keyes have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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